Wheel



(No Model.)

' s. FORMAN.

WHEEL.

No. 394,068. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SANDS FORMAN, OF GOLD HILL, NEVADA.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,068, dated December 4, 1888.

Application filed August 28, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, SANDS FORMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gold Hill, in the county of Storey and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycles, of which the follo fihg is a full and clear description, reterencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of a portion of a bicycle-wheel shouing my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the same on the line X X of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to the construction of bicycle-wheels; and it consists in the construc tion and combination of devices, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same and indicate the manner in which I carry the same out.

I11 the said drawings, A represents a portion of a bicycle-wheel ot' any approved construction, and 13 indicates the spokes. The hollow t'el'ly C is adapted to receive the outer ends of the spokes in the usual manner, and said telly is constructed with a curved or rounded socket, a, the walls of which extend upwardly and are bent outwardly at right angles, as shown at c, for a purpose. I will hereinafter t'ully describe.

The tire I) may be formed of any suitable flexible material, preferably rubber, and its cross-sectional configuration closely approximates the design of the telly, it being formed with a curved centrally-projecting portion, (I, which snugly fits the socket a in the telly, and laterally-extcndin portions, which are seated upon the side flanges, c c, of said felly, so as to form a broad tread, the surface of which may be slightly convex or flat, as shown.

Serial No. 283,995. (No model.)

A tire constructed as described possesses many advantages not obtained from the use of the usual tires, for I have found by practical experience that my tire is adapted to run on hard surfaces just as well as the round tire, while it is much superior to the latter when running on yielding or sandy roads. The tire I) on its under surface is formed with small grooves g, which extend the full length of said tire, and these grooves are by preference located near the outer sides of the tire, whereby increased flexibility is secured near the outer edges, and the projecting portion (Z of said tire is su tliciently larger at the lower part than the socket a, in which it is seated, that when forced into said socket the tire will be securely held therein by mechanical force alone and without the aid of adhesive compounds, and will also give more flexibility to the flat portions of the telly, which support the outer tread of the tire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- As an improvement in bicycles, the hollow telly formed with a cel'ltral rounded socket the walls of which are bent outwardly to form side flanges, in combination with a flexible tire having a rounded raised portion, (Z, fitted into said socket and projcctin side portions which rest upon the side flanges of the telly, said t'elly having also its under surface near its edges grooved, whereby increased flexibility is obtained, substantially as herein described.

SANDS FORMAN.

. Vtitnesses:

C. E. MACK, B. F. WALLACE. 

